Studio Log, October 16, 2026: a look at what we are building right now at The Bailey Perspective. This week: ADHDwear.
Over the past week we’ve tightened the core experience of ADHDwear, turning a concept into a polished, installable web app that listens, reminds, and pairs users in real time. The updates are a good example of how vibe coding can bring a consumer‑facing product to life with minimal friction.
What ADHDwear is
ADHDwear is a brand‑owning venture that blends a voice‑buddy app with a small line of wearable accessories. The app, called Felix, is a progressive web app that you can install on any device. Once set up, Felix listens for a wake word, takes reminders spoken in plain language, and delivers them when you arrive at a new location—such as leaving the car or entering a room. The system can also connect you with a partner for a calmer “Peace mode” session.
What shipped recently
On October 16 we added real neural voices to Felix. Users can now choose from eight natural‑sounding voices, which are rendered on our own server; the device’s native voice is used as an offline fallback. We also fixed a doubled transcript line that appeared on iPhone. A new guided setup now asks for the user’s name and current location (e.g., “kitchen”) and pins that as “home”; the app remembers room names so reminders can say, “This one’s in the garage.” The site’s home page now highlights the wearables, and the investor deck has moved to /deck/.
The log
- 2026-10-16 — Felix got a real voice: natural neural voices (eight to pick from) rendered on our own server, with the phone's built-in voice as an offline fallback. Fixed the doubled transcript line on iPhone. New guided setup: Felix asks your name and where you are right now ("kitchen") and pins home from that, remembering rooms so reminders can say "this one's in the garage". The site now leads with the wearables (necklace, ring, clip, band); the investor deck moved to /deck/.
- 2026-10-15 — The on-device language model (about 48 MB) now installs into the phone's cache from Settings, so Felix keeps understanding commands with no signal. Verified by reloading the app fully offline.
- 2026-10-15 — App and store went live together: Felix wake word with a choice of voices and a personality, a 'What can Felix do?' sheet, an in-app Shop tab, location-triggered reminders, partner pairing with push notifications, and real pre-orders for a necklace, ring, clip and bracelet plus six witty tees at $28.
- 2026-10-14 — The pitch deck was rebuilt as a warm, playful consumer brand (Fredoka and Nunito type, cream, sun, coral and teal) after the first dark version was rejected. Phone app first; geolocation only, no beacons or tags.
How it is built
The foundation of ADHDwear is a static progressive web app paired with an Express + SQLite backend. Stripe Checkout handles pre‑orders, while web push notifications enable partner pairing. The core intelligence lives in an on‑device MiniLM language model, which we run in the browser using transformers.js and ONNX runtime. The 48‑MB model is downloaded once and cached, allowing Felix to understand commands offline. We used an image model to generate product photos and composited them for the site. AI‑assisted development, guided by a senior engineer, accelerated the iteration cycle: we could test new voice options, tweak the guided setup, and validate offline behavior in a matter of days rather than weeks.
What is next
We’re moving into real‑phone testing on iPhone, preparing tee fulfilment, and planning the first production run of the wearables, funded by the pre‑orders we’ve already collected.
One lesson for your own build
When building a consumer product that relies on voice and location, keeping the core model small and offline‑ready reduces friction for users who may have spotty connectivity. Also, a clear, playful brand design can quickly win over skeptical reviewers—pivoting from a dark to a light aesthetic saved us from a rejected pitch deck.